[PDF][PDF] Epidemiology and risk factors of schizophrenia

J Janoutová, P Janácková, O Sery, T Zeman… - Neuroendocrinology …, 2016 - nel.edu
Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that affects approximately one percent of the
general population. The pathogenesis of schizophrenia is influenced by many risk factors …

[HTML][HTML] Orchestration of synaptic functions by WAVE regulatory complex-mediated actin reorganization

KA Han, J Ko - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
The WAVE regulatory complex (WRC), composed of five components—Cyfip1/Sra1,
WAVE/Scar, Abi, Nap1/Nckap1, and Brk1/HSPC300—is essential for proper actin …

Genome-wide analysis of the role of copy number variation in schizophrenia risk in Chinese

Z Li, J Chen, Y Xu, Q Yi, W Ji, P Wang, J Shen… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Compelling evidence suggested the role of copy number variations (CNVs) in
schizophrenia susceptibility. Most of the evidence was from studies in populations with …

DNA methylation changes in the placenta are associated with fetal manganese exposure

JZJ Maccani, DC Koestler, EA Houseman… - Reproductive …, 2015 - Elsevier
Adequate micronutrient intake, including manganese (Mn), is important for fetal
development. Both Mn deficiencies and excess exposures are associated with later-life …

[HTML][HTML] DLG5 in cell polarity maintenance and cancer development

J Liu, J Li, Y Ren, P Liu - International journal of biological sciences, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Failure in establishment and maintenance of epithelial cell polarity contributes to
tumorigenesis. Loss of expression and function of cell polarity proteins is directly related to …

Association of circulating BDNF levels with BDNF rs6265 polymorphism in schizophrenia

P Mitra, R Ghosh, S Sharma, N Nebhinani… - Behavioural Brain …, 2020 - Elsevier
Schizophrenia is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder affecting 1% of the world population.
Disturbances in neuronal development and synaptic connections are important factors in the …

Two‐stage additional evidence support association of common variants in the HDAC3 with the increasing risk of schizophrenia susceptibility

X Jia, T Zhang, L Li, D Fu, H Lin, G Chen… - American Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a complex neuropsychiatric disorder with high heritability. Abnormal
gene methylation was found to play a key role in the development of SCZ, suggesting that …

Hippocampal pruning as a new theory of schizophrenia etiopathogenesis

E Cocchi, A Drago, A Serretti - Molecular neurobiology, 2016 - Springer
Pruning in neurons has been suggested to be strongly involved in Schizophrenia's (SKZ)
etiopathogenesis in recent biological, imaging, and genetic studies. We investigated the …

[HTML][HTML] Narrowing the genetic causes of language dysfunction in the 1q21. 1 microduplication syndrome

A Benítez-Burraco, M Barcos-Martínez… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The chromosome 1q21. 1 duplication syndrome (OMIM# 612475) is characterized by head
anomalies, mild facial dysmorphisms, and cognitive problems, including autistic features …

AMPK in the central nervous system: physiological roles and pathological implications

P Rosso, M Fioramonti, A Fracassi… - … and Reports in …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
5′ AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is considered the master metabolic regulator in all
eukaryotes, as it maintains cellular energy homeostasis in a variety of tissues, including the …